After watching this little gem of Soviet comedy, one can't help but admit that at least in the department of slapstick USSR was superior to USA. Shamelessly silly but notoriously funny, the misadventures of three drunkards and one dog (a true star of the show) are higly recomended!

Funny. Silly. The smartest of the group is four-legged. Gonna get a beer and watch it again.

"Mongrel Dog and Unusual Cross."

In the 1930s, 40s, and 50s, America’s domination over world comedy drove the Russians to despair. After decades of research, Russia decided to strike American comedy at its weakest point - the 3 Stooges.

Communism’s response was a trio of ne'er-do-wells, named 'Coward, Fool, and Experienced' - played by George Vitsin, Yevgeny Morgunov, and Yuri Nikulin respectively. Their cunning and masterful performances, threatened American comedic hegemony. Having to face the fact that the Russians had achieved comedic superiority, the United States capitulated. In the end, America and Russia came to terms and put the Cold War behind them, in large part because of embarrassment related to some of these films.

How many today realize that without Larry, Moe, and Curley, détente between Soviet Communism and American Capitalism would never have been possible? Looking back on it now, it all seems to fall into place somehow.

Are there any others? I very much enjoyed them and appreciate the quality upload.

Two films with popular in the USSR a comic trio of crooks: Coward, Fool & Experienced.

Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross
Release date: 1961
Running time: 10 min
Directed by Leonid Gaidai >> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Gaidai

00:10 - Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross on feuilleton Stepan Oleynik
00:14 - writer-director Leonid Gaidai
00:18 - cameraman K. Brovin
00:21 - composer Nikita Bogoslovsky
00:24 - soundman S. Litvinov, dresser N. Meshkovoy
00:28 - film director L. Kushelevich
00:31 - cast
00:38 - Experienced - Ye. Morgunov, Coward - G. Vitsin, Fool - Yu. Nikulin

Coward "Trus" (with a net, light jacket) - Georgi Vitsin >> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgi_Vitsin
Fool "Balbes" (with a cart, dark jacket) - Yuri Nikulin >> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Nikulin
Experienced "Byvaly" (husky) - Yevgeni Morgunov >> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeni_Morgunov

02:28 - dynamite
09:59 - dog says "vot tak vsyo" [this way all]
10:01 - the end

Samogonshchiki [Bootleggers]
Release date: 1961
Running time: 19 min
Directed by Leonid Gaidai

10:12 - Mosfilm (a film studio, which is often described as the largest and oldest in Russia and in Europe) >>

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosfilm >> www.mosfilm.ru/MainPage.aspx?lang=en
10:22 - Samogonshchiki [Bootleggers]
10:26 - script L. Gaidai, K. Brovina
10:31 - director Leonid Gaidai
10:34 - cameraman K. Brovin
10:37 - composer Nikita Bogoslovsky
10:40 - painter K. Stepanov, dresser N. Meshkovoy
10:44 - lyrics F. Lifshits, soundman V. Lagutin
10:49 - film director P. Feller
10:51 - cast
10:55 - Byvaly [Experienced] - Yevgeni Morgunov
10:59 - Trus [Coward] - Georgi Vitsin
11:03 - Balbes [Fool] - Yuri Nikulin

12:43 - plaque with an inscription "vhod vospreshchen | zapovednik" [no admittance | conservancy area]
12:49 - manometer

Singing Experienced:
"Bez kakih-nibud' osobennyh zatrat" [Without any special expenses]
"Sozdan etot samogonny apparat," [Established this moonshine]
"A prinosit on, druz'ya, dohod," [And brings it, friends, income]
"Mezhdu prochim, krugly god." [Incidentally, all year round]
"Mezhdu prochim, krugly god." [Incidentally, all year round]

Singing Fool:
"Ya, priznat'sya otkrovenno, ochen' rad" [Confess, I am very pleased]
"Lech' pod etot elektronny agregat." [Lie under this electronic unit]
"Chtoby kapal samogon mne v rot" [To brew dripped into my mouth]
"Dnyom i noch'yu, krugly god." [Day and night, all year round]
"Dnyom i noch'yu, krugly god." [Day and night, all year round]

Singing Coward:
"Tam vot lyudi mezh soboyu govoryat." [There here people talking among themselves]
"Za takoi vot hitroumny apparat" [For such a clever device that's]
"Prosidet' my smozhem bez zabot" [We can sit without worries]
"Za reshyotkoi krugly god." [Behind bars, all year round]
"Za reshyotkoi krugly god." [Behind bars, all year round]

14:07 - sugar
15:16 - moonshine
27:37 - police
28:12 - the end

Excellent movies!
High quality video, even though motion picture film for half a century.

I really liked these movies a lot. There are only a few spoken words in the second film, and none in the first. The first in this pair is a wacky fishing trip with dynamite. The second flick is a winter bootlegging adventure out in a woodland cabin. These are treasure! A russian speaking person could perhaps translate the titles and post them here, no?